house prices

House prices fall for the sixteenth consecutive month as supply continues to exceed demand the latest Hometrack survey claims.

House prices and mortgage searches inched ahead as home buyers returned to the market after the summer, new research claims.

DAVID WILLETTS, shadow trade and industry secretary, last night called on the government to "socialise" part of the pensions burden for business or risk the prospect of zombie companies struggling to meet payments to former workers, says the Guardian....

PRESSURE ON Gordon Brown and the Bank of England over worsening economic prospects mounted yesterday as a surprise slump in industry sparked City warnings third-quarter growth could drop as low as 0.2%, according to this morning's papers.

Annual house price inflation now stands at 3% following a 1.2% rise in prices in September, the latest figures from the Halifax reveal.

FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL, Britain's biggest retail fund manager, is preparing to launch its first new investment trust for ten years, reports the Times .

The increase in total net lending to individuals in August (£8.9bn) was larger than in July and broadly in line with the previous six month average, according to the latest figures from the Bank of England.

UK house prices fell by 0.2% in September while the annual rate of house price growth is 1.8%, the lowest since May 1996, according to a report by Nationwide.

New buyer enquiries for August rose for a third consecutive month at the fastest pace since early 2004, according to research from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

Surging petrol prices are expected to drive inflation to a fresh eight-year high according to this morning's papers.